Disconnection! cover art

Disconnection!

 Preview
Get this deal Try Premium Plus free
Offer ends December 16, 2025 11:59pm GMT.
Prime members: New to Audible? Get 2 free audiobooks during trial.
Just £0.99/mo for your first 3 months of Audible.
1 bestseller or new release per month—yours to keep.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, podcasts, and Originals.
Auto-renews at £8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly.
Thousands of incredible audiobooks and podcasts to take wherever you go.
Immerse yourself in a world of storytelling with the Plus Catalogue - unlimited listening to thousands of select audiobooks, podcasts and Audible Originals.
£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Disconnection!

By: Tori Telfer
Narrated by: Stephanie Einstein
Get this deal Try Premium Plus free

£8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly. Offer ends December 16, 2025 11:59pm GMT.

£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically.

Buy Now for £5.99

Buy Now for £5.99

Only £0.99 a month for the first 3 months. Pay £0.99 for the first 3 months, and £8.99/month thereafter. Renews automatically. Terms apply. Start my membership

About this listen

You can listen to this spirited story for free on your device with the Audible Stories Skill. Just say “Alexa, read me an adventure story,” or “Alexa, read me a story” to hear more free genres.

In the near-future, there might be detox centers for people addicted to technology. This short listen asks: What if a teen snuck her phone in? And what if everything in the outside world has changed…or gone silent? For fans of Station Eleven.

Tori Telfer is the author of the true crime anthologies Lady Killers and Confident Women.

©2022 Audible (P)2022 Audible Anthologies Anthologies & Short Stories Fiction Short Stories
All stars
Most relevant
the idea is interesting, but i think i would have liked it as a longer story, i felt it had potential for more. like this, it somehow felt too short and incomplete. would have worked as at least a more developed short story, maybe even a full short novel.

interesting, but could have been longer

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Powerful short that imagines the end of the world viewed through a mobile phone screen. Creates a whole world and sets up believable characters in just six minutes! I wanted to read more!

Terrifyingly believable

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
A rather fun flash fiction about a device detox retreat and a possible end of the world.

The writing and performance are both pretty great. I just didn't find the concept (or rather what was done with it) particularly effective or engaging, but I was left intrigue to read more of the author.

Not Using Your Phone Feels Like the End...

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I really liked this and would have liked it to be longer. It would make a good film!

Interesting

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.